NJ man fined $21K for illegal dumping in park

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A garbage run has proved to be costly for a southern New Jersey man.

The state’s Department of Environmental Protection has fined a Seaside Heights man more than $21,000 for illegally dumping eight garbage bags full of asbestos siding shingles and other debris in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area.